He also converted four of his five free-throw attempts while playing a team-high 39 minutes. Johnson broke the freshman school scoring record previously held by Kevin Durant, the perennial NBA All-Star who scored 20 points in his first game at Texas in 2006.

Texas Longhorns men's basketball suffered a disappointing season-opening loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in Las Vegas on Monday but the program can fi

1. A star is born. Forget his birth certificate. True freshman Tre Johnson may already be a bona fide star after scoring a Texas rookie school record 29 points — breaking Kevin Durant’s mark of 20 in his debut against Alcorn State in 2006 — albeit ...